Patrick Bamford preferred to Chris Wood with Leeds United fancied to bounce back against Burnley

LEEDS United are odds-on across the board to return to winning ways in today's clash against Burnley who are as big as 4-1 to leave Elland Road with all three points.
By Lee Sobot
Published 27th Dec 2020, 05:45 BST
Updated 27th Dec 2020, 10:57 BST
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Marcelo Bielsa's Whites are no bigger than 10-13 to bounce back from last weekend's 6-2 reverse at Manchester United with a victory and even the draw is on offer at 13-4.

Leeds will come up against their former Championship top scorer Chris Wood but the New Zealand international striker is only second favourite to score first at 6-1.

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Instead, United's present day centre forward Patrick Bamford heads the first scorer market at 15-4 with Bamford only 6-5 to net any time and Wood 21-10.

FORMER FAVOURITE: Burnley's ex-Leeds United striker Chris Wood is second in the betting market to score first at Elland Road today - behind Whites no 9 Patrick Bamford. Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images.FORMER FAVOURITE: Burnley's ex-Leeds United striker Chris Wood is second in the betting market to score first at Elland Road today - behind Whites no 9 Patrick Bamford. Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images.
FORMER FAVOURITE: Burnley's ex-Leeds United striker Chris Wood is second in the betting market to score first at Elland Road today - behind Whites no 9 Patrick Bamford. Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images.

United's Rodrigo is then third favourite to score first at 13-2 followed by Burnley's Ashley Barnes at 8s.

As far as the visitors are concerned, Jay Rodriguez (17-2) and Matej Vydra (9s) are the others most prominent in the first scorer market.

But Leeds are fancied to come out on top with a 2-1 triumph rated the most likely score that would end in three points going to the hosts at 43-5, even though a 1-1 draw is actually favourite (41-5).

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United are also considerably bigger odds than the Clarets in the Premier League relegation market with Burnley fourth favourites to go down at 9-4, behind only Sheffield United (1-7), West Brom (1-4) and Fulham (8-11).

The Whites are eighth in the list at 18-1.

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